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i think michelle bachmann -- we have a lef wing -- . [ multiple speakers ] >> michelle bachmann wouldn't be pulling in the money she is pulling in from women, men and every american under the sun if her message wasn't relevant to women as well. >> ultimately, this is why i think there are at times too much emphasis on getting women to run for office. i'm more concerned with finding candidates representing values i believe in, limited government and free market. i would much rather see a john boehner than a debbie wasesser man shultz. that'skay. i think they bring other things to the table but we should be careful not to become too focused on that >> behind the headlines: a new documentary about women weightlifters is timed to release as the 2012 olympics start this week. called, strong! it takes viewers behind the scenes into the world of women weightlifters who struggle to fit into a society that values femininity. >> i don't think those fit. i think those are 24s, they're too small, too big. >> these women push the boundaries of what it is to be female. they are in a traditionally male
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that has come michele bachmann's -- way because of a -- a backhanded criticism that has come michele <+bachmann's way because of preferences to god. >> she quoted the declaration of independence, thomas jefferson. >> how she came to her faith and the experiences she has said, not critical of the president. i think it was appropriate under the circumstances where she was to talk about what she talked about. >> also, a large percentage of the people she wants to reach in this caucasus are like-minded. >> mike huckabee did very well with that same constituency. >> speaking of gov. perry, i think the only thing holding him that is good he raise the money and put the infrastructure in place at this date? there isn unrcurrent of ba ood between the perry forces and the forces of george w. bush. since this is "inside washington" we should not fail to mention that. >> in terms of the money, the president could rise up to $60 million. i wonder if at some point the american people get fed up? >> i think a certain point, diminishing returns. it will be a referendum on obama, unless a nutis nomin
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-- this appearance tell you about michele bachmann? >> it gives a narrative to her pro-life position. but i have to contact her interdiction -- introduction to this race with that of the former speaker of the house newt gingrich. with each passing day, in spite of the stumbles, her stock has been enhanced and her position has been improved. newt the last time was trying to close out his tiffanies account. >> she was no. 2 behind mitt romney. >> democrats underrate her at their peril heard the talk about her the way they used to talk about ronald reagan, and that is dumb. having said that, politifact analyzed for statements and said that 27, none were entirely true, of the controversy once, and 10 were pants-on-a fire false. >> how powerfully are republicans in iowa -- how carefully are republicans in iowa going to look at this? >> she is the best thing to happen to the democrats. >> you think she can win the nomination? >> it is no likely. she rains a longshot. she has a good chance of winning iowa, but i dhave not sure where she goes
-- this appearance tell you about michele bachmann? >> it gives a narrative to her pro-life position. but i have to contact her interdiction -- introduction to this race with that of the former speaker of the house newt gingrich. with each passing day, in spite of the stumbles, her stock has been enhanced and her position has been improved. newt the last time was trying to close out his tiffanies account. >> she was no. 2 behind mitt romney. >> democrats underrate her at their...
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and minnesota congresswoman michele bachmann is behind president obama 48 to 44. all four are within a four- point margin every error. but there's more to the obama bad news. the same gallop poll shows mr. obama is also losing the support of in the swing voters. swing voters broke heavily for mr. obama in 2008, 55%, securing the presidency for him. but 2012 is a different story. three republican contendersobam independents. obama with romney 47, obobama 44. perry 46, question, did these polls show the electriccability of the republican candidate is less important than the ousting of president obama? >> i think you're close to the truth, john. president obama is in serious trouble as a president and a candidate, partly because of a lot of news on the economic front looks like it's even getting worse, but what these polls show us is that as charlie cook said, this race is becoming the republican party's to lose in 2012. the polls also show that the entire republican field it looks like including the controversial ones like michele bachmann may be acceptable to the a
and minnesota congresswoman michele bachmann is behind president obama 48 to 44. all four are within a four- point margin every error. but there's more to the obama bad news. the same gallop poll shows mr. obama is also losing the support of in the swing voters. swing voters broke heavily for mr. obama in 2008, 55%, securing the presidency for him. but 2012 is a different story. three republican contendersobam independents. obama with romney 47, obobama 44. perry 46, question, did these polls...
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iowa. >> my name is michele bachmann. i stand here in the midst of many friends and many family members to announce formally my candidacy for president of the united states. ( cheers and applause ) >> woodruff: at 55, the third- term congresswoman from next door minnesota has made an outspoken name for herself. she's aggressively opposed president obama over health care reform and economic policy. as she did again today. >> in february, 2009, president obama was very confident that his economic policies would turn the country around within a year. he said-- and i quote-- a year from now, i think people are going to see that we're starting to make some progress. if i don't have this done in three years, then there's going to be a one-term proposition. well, mr. president, your policies haven't worked. spending our way out of the recession hasn't worked. and so, mr. president, we take you at your word. >> woodruff: the mother of five lost her first try for public office, a school board race 12 years ago. but she won a state
iowa. >> my name is michele bachmann. i stand here in the midst of many friends and many family members to announce formally my candidacy for president of the united states. ( cheers and applause ) >> woodruff: at 55, the third- term congresswoman from next door minnesota has made an outspoken name for herself. she's aggressively opposed president obama over health care reform and economic policy. as she did again today. >> in february, 2009, president obama was very confident...
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>> michele bachmann. >> ifill: why? >> i don't know that she'll really be the candidate, but i voted for her because i want her ideas to be very strong so whoever does get the nomination will know there are a big group of republicans who would like to see her ideas brought forth. >> ifill: those ideas, republicans hope, will provide the key to defeating an incumbent president for the first time in two decades. >> woodruff: president obama responded today by hitting the road for a series of campaign- style events. in the process, he also hit back at his challengers. the president embarked on his three-day bus tour with republican attacks still echoing from iowa. his departure came after a gallup tracking poll on sunday had his approval at 39%-- his lowest ever. the rolling three-day average was back up to 41% by today. mr. obama sought to bolster his support at the first in a series of town halls, starting in the small city of cannon falls, in southeastern minnesota. without naming any names, he attacked the republican p
>> michele bachmann. >> ifill: why? >> i don't know that she'll really be the candidate, but i voted for her because i want her ideas to be very strong so whoever does get the nomination will know there are a big group of republicans who would like to see her ideas brought forth. >> ifill: those ideas, republicans hope, will provide the key to defeating an incumbent president for the first time in two decades. >> woodruff: president obama responded today by hitting...
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also coming up: the republican candidates debate and an interview with representative michele bachmann. plus, the tiny mussel threatening the great lakes but first, the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: the president of turkey today warned the syrian government's deadly crackdown on opposition could bring turmoil to the entire region. president abdullah gul said syria has come to a point of no return. security forces could be seen patrolling the streets of several cities today. protesters near damascus burned tires to block the troops from reaching them. the united nations has reported some 3,500 people have been killed in the eight-month-long uprising. russian president dmitry medvedev had a warning for the u.s. today over its missile defense program. he said russia might target u.s. missile shield sites in europe unless the u.s. guarantees the weapons are not targeting russian nuclear forces. in moscow, medvedev also warned russia could opt out of the new "start" arms control deal with the u.s. >> ( translated ): russia retains the right to refuse to tak
also coming up: the republican candidates debate and an interview with representative michele bachmann. plus, the tiny mussel threatening the great lakes but first, the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: the president of turkey today warned the syrian government's deadly crackdown on opposition could bring turmoil to the entire region. president abdullah gul said syria has come to a point of no return. security forces could be seen patrolling the streets of...
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michele bachmann certainly did g&e sparkle. in contrast to the others, but she sparkled absolutely. but she is flying at a given all the tooted and she did in the house -- flying any difference at all the two did and she did in the house and on conservative talk -- shows -- different altitude than she did in the house and on conservative talk shows. she said the to to india cost $2 million a day. that is what she has to avoid. >> last word. see you next week. for a transcript of this broadcast, log on to insidewashington.tv.
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. >> minnesota congresswoman, michele bachmann is on a role, some say. she is the voice of the tea party movement in the u.s. house of representatives. she serves as the tea party corpus chair. bachman's profile has been raised so significantly that some republicans speculate whether a 2012 national destiny is in store for her. maybe the republican nominee for vice president of the united states. bachmann herself has not commented on any such speculations. in any case, the road to the white use may not be a straight shock for the congresswoman. bachmann's political emphasis in washington and minnesota is against federally funded subsidized programs, but she gained federal agriculture subsidies in connection with the bachmann family farm in wisconsin over a period of five years, which funding ended four years ago. >> question, will this governor subsidy hurt her popularity or will she be the new gop heavy hitter come this november? >> i think she can be a heavy hitter the way palin is being a heavy hitter now. as she tried to run statewide or bigger than
. >> minnesota congresswoman, michele bachmann is on a role, some say. she is the voice of the tea party movement in the u.s. house of representatives. she serves as the tea party corpus chair. bachman's profile has been raised so significantly that some republicans speculate whether a 2012 national destiny is in store for her. maybe the republican nominee for vice president of the united states. bachmann herself has not commented on any such speculations. in any case, the road to the...
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i had a senior official say he's expecting michele bachmann to win. so expectations have now gone up for her to pull out a really big win here tomorrow. and then there's ron paul, the libertarian candidate who actually has a lively, engaged, young support base who also are going to show up there. we'll be interested to see whether they could actually show up and then cast those votes. >> warner: gwen, thank you v a great time at the stau poll. there is a viewer who wants to know if you tried the fried oreos? >>. >> ifill: i went with the fried twinkie t seems much more disgustg. >> warner: thanks. we'll look forward to your report on monday. >> ifill: take care, margaret. >> lehrer: and to the analysis of shields and lowry-- syndicated columnist mark shields, reporting from des moines, iowa, tonight, and "national review" editor rich lowry. david brooks is away. mark, how did you read last night's debate? >> well, i think first of all, jim, at any debate where the front-runner, acknowledged front-runner if not electrifying front-runner mitt romney goe
i had a senior official say he's expecting michele bachmann to win. so expectations have now gone up for her to pull out a really big win here tomorrow. and then there's ron paul, the libertarian candidate who actually has a lively, engaged, young support base who also are going to show up there. we'll be interested to see whether they could actually show up and then cast those votes. >> warner: gwen, thank you v a great time at the stau poll. there is a viewer who wants to know if you...
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or spouses in the case of michelle bachmann. >> i think the same thing. i've watched number of the debates in the campaign scenes and i think it helps me to get a little sense about these candidates that i didn't have before i think that's through whether their republicans or democrats. >> the flip side of the romney story is newt gingrich, there you're talking about a potential negative every time calista shows up, what about those other wives? that's important. >> but you know, when that did come up he answered that he wasn't perfect. i think that helps him as well now he's hurting himself, but before he started hurting himself it helped people nona he's human too. >> i don't know how many people relate to that. >> bill clinton could. >> well -- >> he's not running this year. >> nor is he running -- >> dealing with the -- >> right now people living from paycheck to paycheck people losing their jobs i think that doesn't weigh inasmuch as it did in the past. >> quickly, sherry, as g.o.p. consultant and steeped in politics did michelle bachmann's husband h
or spouses in the case of michelle bachmann. >> i think the same thing. i've watched number of the debates in the campaign scenes and i think it helps me to get a little sense about these candidates that i didn't have before i think that's through whether their republicans or democrats. >> the flip side of the romney story is newt gingrich, there you're talking about a potential negative every time calista shows up, what about those other wives? that's important. >> but you...
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you have been bridge there, michele bachmann -- have gingrich there, michele bachmann. he and mitt romney are the two ken dolls in the race. you have michele bachmann, barbie with fangs. just like a caricature, no substance. >> good to see how simple and non-ad hominem we are, in that huntsman spirit. [laughter] >> is fascinating, the mormon experience of being a missionary does really open up a people. he spent two years in taiwan, lifelong interest in china, decided to learn mandarin. kind of a fascinating aspect. rick perry is the one republican right now, according to my republican sources, who could energize an organized right-to- life, national rifle association membership, and the tea party people. >> the fbi finally gets nyt bolger -- gets whitey bulger. >> if i found him, i would have done the same thing to him as he did to my sister. >> that is the brother of a woman in james "whitey" bolger is alleged to have killed years ago. the rest of white people for was too good to pass up. -- the arrest of whitey bulger was it too good to pass up. how did they finally
you have been bridge there, michele bachmann -- have gingrich there, michele bachmann. he and mitt romney are the two ken dolls in the race. you have michele bachmann, barbie with fangs. just like a caricature, no substance. >> good to see how simple and non-ad hominem we are, in that huntsman spirit. [laughter] >> is fascinating, the mormon experience of being a missionary does really open up a people. he spent two years in taiwan, lifelong interest in china, decided to learn...
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michele bachmann, the same michele bachmann who said romley cannot win the general election. >> you've come prepared as well. >> we will see more than one. >> they all got to get in line. i think michele bachmann also told a reporter that romney could not beat obama and that is what people are going to remember. but gingrich is not wrong. compared to obama, yes. they will, romney's way, at they all do. >> romney was lucky that the whole afghanistan thing was happening when one of his gay spokespeople quit because they did not want to talk, because some conservative groups whined about it. that would have been front-page news for a couple of days. >> good point. the two types of the parties, the democrats are party of the rabble, uneducated -- >> like tea party people. >> so they nominate people who are wellborn, franklin roosevelt, adlai stevenson. republicans are well off and they nominate people for humble, ronald reagan, herbert hoover. ronny reinforces the stereotype of the republicans as a party that is well-off and a little out of touch. >> rney does not help fat cat image, talki
michele bachmann, the same michele bachmann who said romley cannot win the general election. >> you've come prepared as well. >> we will see more than one. >> they all got to get in line. i think michele bachmann also told a reporter that romney could not beat obama and that is what people are going to remember. but gingrich is not wrong. compared to obama, yes. they will, romney's way, at they all do. >> romney was lucky that the whole afghanistan thing was happening...
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. >> that is minnesota congresswoman michelle bachmann with jonathan karl of abc. she was in iowa this week following last week's visit to new hampshire. jonathan martin of "politico" writes that she rose millions in her last campaign. she was born in iowa, conservative, and 60% of o iowa caucus goers identify themselves as evangelical. what about malecki? -- tim pawlenty? >> confident it, two-term governor. he's not somebody republicans are on fire about, but he carries the least amount of baggage among the major candidates trade with romney, we have health care in massachusetts. gingrich, a lot of stuff in his past. with other candidates, you have difficulties. palin as high negatives. he is relatively anodyne, at no negatives that i can see pretty . >> jonathan margin is writing that mitt romney is going to do a slow slog here, raising money, and it will drop off one by one. >> romney has got romneycare. i don't know what he does about that. >> does anybody make your heart beat faster? [laughter] >> they cannot come up with an answer. >> this is not a year where
. >> that is minnesota congresswoman michelle bachmann with jonathan karl of abc. she was in iowa this week following last week's visit to new hampshire. jonathan martin of "politico" writes that she rose millions in her last campaign. she was born in iowa, conservative, and 60% of o iowa caucus goers identify themselves as evangelical. what about malecki? -- tim pawlenty? >> confident it, two-term governor. he's not somebody republicans are on fire about, but he carries...
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. >> that is minnesota republican michelle bachmann on the formation of the tea party caucus in the house. she says she will sit down with ordinary americans who she says want to take their country back. from whom do they wish to take the country back. >> let me explain to people who are watching for the first time that this is the weekly sarah palin said it -- weekly sarah palin segment. >> no, that is michelle bachmann. >> she is the summer substitute. i just wanted to explain to anyone who -- >> the pollster stanley greenberg did the definitive survey of who these folks are, and what is fascinating is that he exploded a couple of minutes that are charged by congresswoman michelle bachmann and others. over 90% of the tea party members in view president obama as a socialist, as a socialist. 92% disapprove of them, 89% of them dapprove of him as strongly. this is not a representative group. by a three-one margin, they think favorably of big corporations such as bp and aig. it is not a church-driven. they are married and older, but this is a republican group and they will have one half of
. >> that is minnesota republican michelle bachmann on the formation of the tea party caucus in the house. she says she will sit down with ordinary americans who she says want to take their country back. from whom do they wish to take the country back. >> let me explain to people who are watching for the first time that this is the weekly sarah palin said it -- weekly sarah palin segment. >> no, that is michelle bachmann. >> she is the summer substitute. i just wanted to...
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bachmann may be acceptable to the american people, more importantly acceptable to the independents. everything, though, depends on the -- depends on what happens in the economy, john, because obama is still well liked by the amamican people and they still want him to succeed. >> i don't know how you -- his
bachmann may be acceptable to the american people, more importantly acceptable to the independents. everything, though, depends on the -- depends on what happens in the economy, john, because obama is still well liked by the amamican people and they still want him to succeed. >> i don't know how you -- his
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congressman michele bachmann asked what is new. apparently nothing. >> there should be nothing controversial about this piece of legislation. everything in here is the kind of proposal that has been supported by both democrats and republicans. including many who sit here tonight. and everything in this bill will be paid for. everything. >> what is the problem, charles? full speed ahead, right? >> there is nothing in this bill that wasn't proposed and enacted two years ago and then failed. what strikes me is the fact that it seems to me and abuse of the majesty of the venue. a joint session of congress is a place where fdr asked the country the day after pearl harbor for a declaration of war on japan. well lbj stood and asked for a revolution in civil rights. obama used it as a way to kick off his campaign. >> i could give you -- i would not have preferred to see him use the house chamber for that. the question is, as it was before he gave the speech, can he get anything through congress. the payroll tax cuts i think will get some s
congressman michele bachmann asked what is new. apparently nothing. >> there should be nothing controversial about this piece of legislation. everything in here is the kind of proposal that has been supported by both democrats and republicans. including many who sit here tonight. and everything in this bill will be paid for. everything. >> what is the problem, charles? full speed ahead, right? >> there is nothing in this bill that wasn't proposed and enacted two years ago and...
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making a credible case, such as michele bachmann. shhas to decide if she wants to run for re-election to congress. she has to do that soon he were rather than later. >> ifill: you imagine one of the planes that leave the airport wednesday morning might be heading home to new hampshire or south carolina, susan? >> well, i think that's possible. although we have these two debates next weekend in new hampshire. candidates might hold on for those. those have been great opportunities for people to make a stand. and take advantage of somebody else's mistakes. so it's possible that we'll see the candidates going for just a little while longer. the fact is we might see these candidates go for quite a bit longer given the changes in republican rules this time. we haven't really focused on this. you know, we've become accustomed to republican races that get settled pretty quick by those super tuesday contests. math mathematically they've pushed the big contests back. they're requiring proportional representation in the contests that come befor
making a credible case, such as michele bachmann. shhas to decide if she wants to run for re-election to congress. she has to do that soon he were rather than later. >> ifill: you imagine one of the planes that leave the airport wednesday morning might be heading home to new hampshire or south carolina, susan? >> well, i think that's possible. although we have these two debates next weekend in new hampshire. candidates might hold on for those. those have been great opportunities for...
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you had hillary running, i have michelle bachmann and sarah palin hope. ly, potentially also entering the race. whether you agree with their ideologies or not each one make a difference in terms of opening doors for woman to run for president of the united states? >> absolutely. i think we're a little hard on ourselves. first of all we have -- i can list a whole lot of women who very high ranking positions in politics today. we have secretary of state hillary clinton, kathleen sebelius who left the governor ship to become health and human services secretary. multiple governors and senators and congress women, also e obviously the former speaker of the house, nancy pelosi. this notion that we're somehow so far behind are -- >> but we are. >> looking alternate the presidency as the end game is sort of silly. we're missing all of these other areas where women are having tremendous impact on our political life. >> i think the women you named are making an impact, whether they're republic or democrat or independent. count the number of governors, women in slat
you had hillary running, i have michelle bachmann and sarah palin hope. ly, potentially also entering the race. whether you agree with their ideologies or not each one make a difference in terms of opening doors for woman to run for president of the united states? >> absolutely. i think we're a little hard on ourselves. first of all we have -- i can list a whole lot of women who very high ranking positions in politics today. we have secretary of state hillary clinton, kathleen sebelius...
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as huntsman joins the fray, michele bachmann leaves it. the minnesota congresswoman was once favored in iowa after winning the straw poll there in august. but she finished sixth last night and this morning, in des moines, she suspended her campaign. >> last night, the people of iowa spoke with a very clear voice. and so i have decided to stand aside. and i believe that if we are and i believe that we must rally around the person that our country and our party and our people select to be that standard-bearer. >> woodruff: texas governor rick perry also flirted with dropping out, after his fifth place showing. >> with the voters decision tonight in iowa i decided to return to texas, assess the results of tonight's caucus, determine whether there is a path forward for myself in this race. >> woodruff: but this morning, he indicated he was back in the race, perry tweeted a photo of himself in running gear with the text: >> game on! >> woodruff: rick santorum hoped to pick up social conservatives who'd backed bachmann and perry as he celebrated
as huntsman joins the fray, michele bachmann leaves it. the minnesota congresswoman was once favored in iowa after winning the straw poll there in august. but she finished sixth last night and this morning, in des moines, she suspended her campaign. >> last night, the people of iowa spoke with a very clear voice. and so i have decided to stand aside. and i believe that if we are and i believe that we must rally around the person that our country and our party and our people select to be...
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. >> at the beginning of the program we heard michele bachmann suggests that god is trying to send a message. she was clearly joking. was what paul joking when he told -- ron paul joking when he told anderson cooper that he would do away with fema? does that make sense? >> he was joking -- sn't joking -- >> no, no. >> cantor also meant it. the important thing with this disaster -- irene did not ask whether she could come or not. she just the thing is, we did have a good federal, state and local response. we were warned about it. that is the good side of this. >> where is the money is going to come from? >> we can borrow the money -- >> i just told you, $6 billion of ethanol. >> the market tells us -- right now the treasury -- we can still followed treasurys in the market -- >> we don't have -- >> enough obama's $860 billion stimulus -- in obama's $860 billion to this, there was a guarantee to a smaller company that was entirely ueconomical and went bust. you can start -- i will tell you it does -- you can study of sets with the $30 billion thrown at the clean energy industry, it comp
. >> at the beginning of the program we heard michele bachmann suggests that god is trying to send a message. she was clearly joking. was what paul joking when he told -- ron paul joking when he told anderson cooper that he would do away with fema? does that make sense? >> he was joking -- sn't joking -- >> no, no. >> cantor also meant it. the important thing with this disaster -- irene did not ask whether she could come or not. she just the thing is, we did have a good...
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. >> michele bachmann is talking about going to iowa next week. >> gov. palin is reemerging with the national tou tim pawlenty is it the least acceptable to the greatest number. that is -- least unacceptable to the greatest number. that is what he has going for him now. he has fewer flaws and other presumed front-runners -- than the other presumed front- runners. you have to list jon huntsman and mitt romney in reverse order. >> mix santorum -- rick santorum pledged his campaign were his grandfather once worked. santorum, 2% among rank-and-file republicans, pawlenty, a 6%, palin 15, ron paul, 10%. what do those numbers tell you, evan? >> absolutely nothing. at this stage they are just about name recognition, completely meaningless numbers . >> that put a damper on your point. >> that is all right. palin is in a feature film, "the undefeated," premiering in iowa. what a coincidence. she is beginning a bus tour, going to ennew hampshire. nice way to see the country, by bus. >> she is a star in the republican party. whether she is going to run is another que
. >> michele bachmann is talking about going to iowa next week. >> gov. palin is reemerging with the national tou tim pawlenty is it the least acceptable to the greatest number. that is -- least unacceptable to the greatest number. that is what he has going for him now. he has fewer flaws and other presumed front-runners -- than the other presumed front- runners. you have to list jon huntsman and mitt romney in reverse order. >> mix santorum -- rick santorum pledged his...
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michele bachmann and mr. louie gohmert, you will see it energized the base of the republican party on an issue that is not popular, in which the party will have to respond to. in this sense, it is a blow to the republicans, to the degree that they, all of a sudden, especially in the house, embrace this issue, which they have already done in both this year. i think it is a problem for them. >> you see that in the house so distinctly. when this case is before the court, i had a difficult time finding leadership members of the house that would talk to me on the record into a tape recorder about their support for doma, but once it was struck down, you saw the rank-and-file base people come down. >> the catholic bishops are unhappy about this. michele bachmann. people like that. you get into the debate about the separation of church and state. >> this is the convergence of views from the church and state. the issue will fall to the republicans. conservatives will say they have to do something about this. the issue
michele bachmann and mr. louie gohmert, you will see it energized the base of the republican party on an issue that is not popular, in which the party will have to respond to. in this sense, it is a blow to the republicans, to the degree that they, all of a sudden, especially in the house, embrace this issue, which they have already done in both this year. i think it is a problem for them. >> you see that in the house so distinctly. when this case is before the court, i had a difficult...
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bachmann will be added that race -- >> trump is our al sharpton, no more, no less. >> michele bachmann could be the sabotage of tim pawlenty in iowa. there is a room for only one minnesota candidate in iowa and tim pawlenty is potentially the strongest. >> the anniversary of the civill war. >> states' rights. >> i am embarrassed not to know. >> the question was, why was the civil war fought? 150 years ago this week, the shots werefired at fort sumter. william faulkner said that the past is not dead, it is not even passed. are we still fighting it, charles? >> i don't think so. there is consensus on the slave rate. -- slavery. you could argue that we are arguing about the basic values of the country, but every country does that. 150 years later -- we had civil rights, which succeeded, attributed the fundamental decency of america. it heals itself. >> it is not quite as simple as all that. [laughter] >> well, american history and 20 seconds. >> you did go through a lot of things. >> i did. >> there is no commemorating both sides. one side was very bad, did some wrong things, they fought
bachmann will be added that race -- >> trump is our al sharpton, no more, no less. >> michele bachmann could be the sabotage of tim pawlenty in iowa. there is a room for only one minnesota candidate in iowa and tim pawlenty is potentially the strongest. >> the anniversary of the civill war. >> states' rights. >> i am embarrassed not to know. >> the question was, why was the civil war fought? 150 years ago this week, the shots werefired at fort sumter. william...
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. >> look good with michele bachmann. >> you mean bachmann at the top of the ticket? >> she's the star this week, john! >> bachmann at the top of the ticket? >> bachmann-huntsman. >> bachmann work all the way for herself, whereas huntsman has a -- >> >>> issue two, war? what war? >> we're here today to announce the filing in federal court of a lawsuit that challenges the constitutionality of the war against libya. >> ohio congressman dennis kucinich, a democrat, filed a lawsuit this week against u.s. president barack obama, a democrat. kucinich and nine other house members are suing the president for violating the war powers act. the 1973 war powers act calls on the president to notify congress when u.s. troops are in combat situations and to withdraw them within 60 days of the notification unless both houses of congress declare war or otherwise approve the use of the troops. the 10 lawmakers argue that the president violated this war powers act by not receiving congressional approval for u.s. military actions against libyan leader moammar gaddafi. president obama's 6
. >> look good with michele bachmann. >> you mean bachmann at the top of the ticket? >> she's the star this week, john! >> bachmann at the top of the ticket? >> bachmann-huntsman. >> bachmann work all the way for herself, whereas huntsman has a -- >> >>> issue two, war? what war? >> we're here today to announce the filing in federal court of a lawsuit that challenges the constitutionality of the war against libya. >> ohio...
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i know michele bachmann don't. but defaulting on our debt would cause interest rates to go up, say bye-bye to your 401(k). it would have all kind of negative implications. but the sluggish economy i think is in part because washington doesn't work, and businesses are retracting, consumers are overly cautious. everybody is treading water. waiting to see what is going to happen. and pat's right, there not a lot of tools in the toolbox left anymore. >> what do you think of this -- debt crisis? >> i think it's a very serious crisis because in a sense it's perhaps a longer term problem than if the sherm problem -- >> are they keeping it alive deliberate are you to keep something else away from these stats, that i just put on the board, are buried. and everyone is talking about the crisis with the debt ceiling. is that a calculated distraction to keep something else off the front page? you follow me? >> i don't think it makes sense for somebody to shoot off his foot and then say his leg is hurting him. that's what that w
i know michele bachmann don't. but defaulting on our debt would cause interest rates to go up, say bye-bye to your 401(k). it would have all kind of negative implications. but the sluggish economy i think is in part because washington doesn't work, and businesses are retracting, consumers are overly cautious. everybody is treading water. waiting to see what is going to happen. and pat's right, there not a lot of tools in the toolbox left anymore. >> what do you think of this -- debt...
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@good thing to be. >> rose: and michele bachmann was a teacher? >> she was then, the interting by the way he asked what was -- he asked what -- who is barack ama like, and they said, we don't know, there was nobody like barack obama in my class which is a bit -- >> rose:hat is interesting but the grea columnist from "the new york times" david brooks said th following, america does not want to see harvard law versus harvard law in the generalçó election. so square that. >> well, i think that is the key to rick santorum form's perpetuation, he rose because he is a social conservative but not only social conservative. he is also a genuine working class kid, hisñr grandfather waa coal miner as he says, his dad came over, was an immigrant, and got an education through the gi bill and he represented west pennsylvania, the dying steel towns there, and so he genuinely has these working class roots and at he said last night in his victory or pseudovictory speech about the dignity of labor, that is marrying sort of social conservative values to the econo
@good thing to be. >> rose: and michele bachmann was a teacher? >> she was then, the interting by the way he asked what was -- he asked what -- who is barack ama like, and they said, we don't know, there was nobody like barack obama in my class which is a bit -- >> rose:hat is interesting but the grea columnist from "the new york times" david brooks said th following, america does not want to see harvard law versus harvard law in the generalçó election. so square...
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. >> one of the most consfertive women in congress, michele bachmann, announced her candidacy for the gop presidential nomination. sarah palin didn't. marriage and fidelity became issues in the campaign as herman cain chose to step down after allegations of a 13-year affair, and claims of sexual harassment. newt gingrich's three marriages were also talked up by mitt romney and rick perry who promote themselves as strong family men. >> the questions is whether you are conservative. when you look at all of the issues, not just social issues but all the issues you say, also which one of these folks up here can best challenge barack obama. i think the polls for everybody are still a little mitt in the mix. internationally, protests in arab countries stole the headlines, the arab spring toppled governments in egypt, libya, tunisia and yemen. for the first time in many countries, democratic votes have or will take place, giving women a voice in the political process. but just how women will fare remains to be seen. >> this is women finding courage to get out there and change that culture. n
. >> one of the most consfertive women in congress, michele bachmann, announced her candidacy for the gop presidential nomination. sarah palin didn't. marriage and fidelity became issues in the campaign as herman cain chose to step down after allegations of a 13-year affair, and claims of sexual harassment. newt gingrich's three marriages were also talked up by mitt romney and rick perry who promote themselves as strong family men. >> the questions is whether you are conservative....
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michele bachmann polled very well in iowa this week, which surprised a lot of people. she's very popular among those very conservative, religious groups. but there are disagreements among evangelicals. some take a more moderate point of view -- evangelical leaders in a recent poll, like tim pawlenty, minnesota governor. but he's not as well known nationally. the's sll sms to be a lot of room for jockeying among evangelicals. >> meanwhile, there's the whole issue of 14 million people who can't find jobs. >> and that's the big issue that's really dominating everything and people are jockeying for a solution, and no one seems to have a good solution. so indeed, that's really been overshadowing so many of the other issues that you often hear about early in a campaign and that's what you see the candidates talking about, and obviously, that's what you see members of congress wrestling over with the administraon, as wel >> kim lawto many thans. >> we have a lucky severson story today about a coin dealer in montana, and his wife, both catholics, who have earned and given away
michele bachmann polled very well in iowa this week, which surprised a lot of people. she's very popular among those very conservative, religious groups. but there are disagreements among evangelicals. some take a more moderate point of view -- evangelical leaders in a recent poll, like tim pawlenty, minnesota governor. but he's not as well known nationally. the's sll sms to be a lot of room for jockeying among evangelicals. >> meanwhile, there's the whole issue of 14 million people who...
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be made, and i've made it, that michele bachmann has actually learned from some of the more obvious mistakes of hillary clinton's campaign and sarah palin's campaign. she took some notes on the value of preparation, and she seems to show up at the debates very well prepared, to make her points, to get in her sound bites. she makes news at those debates, when she gets closer to the top of the pack, that's how she was getting the attention of the media. by really preparing. she's not someone who ultimately will be the nominee of the republican party or the president, but she is a woman candidate on the national stage who seems to have improved upon the missteps and failures of the clinton and palin campaigns in 2008. >> the 2008 campaign also had a major impact on wallace. >> in the aftermath of 2008, i was on the losing campaign, but my wounds extended far beyond losing a presidential election. as a woman, i felt like whether you loved or hated hillary clinton, or you loved or hated sarah palin, whether you loved or hated michelle obama, you felt like you'd been through the ringer. so i sat d
be made, and i've made it, that michele bachmann has actually learned from some of the more obvious mistakes of hillary clinton's campaign and sarah palin's campaign. she took some notes on the value of preparation, and she seems to show up at the debates very well prepared, to make her points, to get in her sound bites. she makes news at those debates, when she gets closer to the top of the pack, that's how she was getting the attention of the media. by really preparing. she's not someone who...
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michele bachmann is really centering all of her effort and focus on iowa. and we'll see how much, how her fund raising report is at the end of this month. and that will dictate whether she can precede. governor huntsen is in a precarus situation. he had to put his own money in this campaign. i think time is short for him to ma, he knows he needs to make some type of move up here or possibly out. >> charlie: when you say he didn't do well in the debate is that because there was a conventional wisdom assessment by political reporters that he didn't do well, or is that an admission by his own staff that he didn't do well? >> it was an admission by some of his advisors that they thought he missed an opportunity. that's subjective but miss an opportunity to really define himself and inject himself into the conversation. of crse that's his burden. it was a tea party debate so that audience was not as proud but it was more than his jokes falling flat which they did. it was the fact he was you able to make his argument and become part of the conversation. a couple
michele bachmann is really centering all of her effort and focus on iowa. and we'll see how much, how her fund raising report is at the end of this month. and that will dictate whether she can precede. governor huntsen is in a precarus situation. he had to put his own money in this campaign. i think time is short for him to ma, he knows he needs to make some type of move up here or possibly out. >> charlie: when you say he didn't do well in the debate is that because there was a...
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>> i really like michele bachmann. because if you want to know the truth, i'd like to see any man-- and i suppose this is a feminist perspective-- i'd like to see any man start a business, go to school, raise five children, and have 23 foster children. i don't think a man could do that. so, i think she runs circles around them. and i like what she stands for. so she's a good multitasker. >> woodruff: sam what, about you? >> yeah, it seems to me with a lot of these candidacy i'm leaning away. so i think two candidates that i'm leaning towards would be mitt romney and ron paul. i think looking at their records, mitt romney has been a turnaround artist his entire career, and i think that he could do a really great job turning around the economy. and ron paul really speaks to me as a young person. he's got a great youth following, and i really like a lot of his libertarian stances. >> woodruff: what about you, jim? where are you leaning right now? >> well, if i vote principles, which i'm leaning at just recently here, thin
>> i really like michele bachmann. because if you want to know the truth, i'd like to see any man-- and i suppose this is a feminist perspective-- i'd like to see any man start a business, go to school, raise five children, and have 23 foster children. i don't think a man could do that. so, i think she runs circles around them. and i like what she stands for. so she's a good multitasker. >> woodruff: sam what, about you? >> yeah, it seems to me with a lot of these candidacy...
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he went into michele bachmann's home town in a joint appearance and essentially cleaned her clock-- i think that's the right term for it. he also proved he can make errors, quaffs, and he showed that he doesn't really know how to back off of an error or a gaffe. >> lehrer: are we talking specifically-- >> about the federal reserve chairman, intemperate language about the federal reserve chairman. that's a useful political skill to be able to back off of a mistake. he doesn't seem do have it. there are plenty of republicans right now, however, that are discontented with the whole field, people like jeb bush and mitch daniels were encouraging other republicans to get in. they look at romney and perry and they're not happy. so it's a very fluid field right now. >> lehrer: do you agree, ruth, the gaffes are there, but the gaffes do not prevent him from making a good entrance. >> i would call it a good week. i would call it a surprising rocky week from somebody who is an experienced politician. as president obama said you're in a different league when you start running for president and ev
he went into michele bachmann's home town in a joint appearance and essentially cleaned her clock-- i think that's the right term for it. he also proved he can make errors, quaffs, and he showed that he doesn't really know how to back off of an error or a gaffe. >> lehrer: are we talking specifically-- >> about the federal reserve chairman, intemperate language about the federal reserve chairman. that's a useful political skill to be able to back off of a mistake. he doesn't seem do...
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and i think michele bachmann embodies that better than anybody else. but there is a real constituency in the republican party in 2012 for that. >> lehrer: another thank you both very much. >> woodruff: finally tonight, siblings don't always share a mother or a father. some forge lasting bonds that go beyond family. gwen ifill has this story of two "unlikely brothers". >> ifill: their lives could not have been more different-- john prendergast, son of the white middle class; michael mattocks, a product of urban poverty. one went on to become a white house adviser who travels the world with celebrities; the other dropped out of school in seventh grade, opting instead for a lucrative living selling crack on the streets of washington, d.c. their paths converged, then diverged, and now have become intertwined again, this time as co-authors of a new book documenting their 25 years of friendship, near-death experiences, family trauma, and finally, survival and success. john prendergrast and michael mattocks, thanks for joining us. >> thanks. >> ifill: the tit
and i think michele bachmann embodies that better than anybody else. but there is a real constituency in the republican party in 2012 for that. >> lehrer: another thank you both very much. >> woodruff: finally tonight, siblings don't always share a mother or a father. some forge lasting bonds that go beyond family. gwen ifill has this story of two "unlikely brothers". >> ifill: their lives could not have been more different-- john prendergast, son of the white middle...
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i think newt gingrich is history, and perry is history, and so is michele bachmann. >> your timing is perfect i think newt gingrich is going to the podium in iowa as we speak let's take a look and what he says. >> it is about jobs and the economy. we know that americans demand candidates with ideas and solutions to rebuild the america we love. [ apause ] there is only one reagan ite conservative in in election, and we just punched his ticket for new hampshire. applause ] .. >> well, thank you, and i want to thank linda the majority leader in the house and greg my former colleague in the congress who really all summer held this together, when really it could have fallen apart. i want to thank everybody who worked all fall, particularly during the avalanche of negative ads, we want to hang the people of iowa, all through being drowned in negativity, everywhere we went, people were positive, they were receptive and willing to ask questions, they would listen, and they really wanted to get to the truth rather than the latest 30 second distortion and it really gave us a feeling that this p
i think newt gingrich is history, and perry is history, and so is michele bachmann. >> your timing is perfect i think newt gingrich is going to the podium in iowa as we speak let's take a look and what he says. >> it is about jobs and the economy. we know that americans demand candidates with ideas and solutions to rebuild the america we love. [ apause ] there is only one reagan ite conservative in in election, and we just punched his ticket for new hampshire. applause ] .. >>...
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and republican presidential hopeful michele bachmann said today the president never tried to get a deal on that issue or anything else in the deficit talks. >> i would have been involved, unlike president obama. he's been able on the process. so if anyone bent over back towards try to get an agreement it was the republicans on the supercommittee. the democrats just sat back with their arms folded and said "we're doing nothing." >> suarez: that same division was on display last night as lawmakers on both sides spoke out after the supercommittee conceded it could not reach agreement. >> republicans believe that spending being much higher than it has historically been that we need to restrain the spending. n a way that's pro-growth for tax reform in particular and democrats believe we ought to keep the increased spend big higher taxes. that's a fundamental difference. >> it's clear to me that the problem is a huge ideological divide in our nation. a value system divide. and people need to resolve that over these next months so that a small group of people-- extreme in their view-- cannot h
and republican presidential hopeful michele bachmann said today the president never tried to get a deal on that issue or anything else in the deficit talks. >> i would have been involved, unlike president obama. he's been able on the process. so if anyone bent over back towards try to get an agreement it was the republicans on the supercommittee. the democrats just sat back with their arms folded and said "we're doing nothing." >> suarez: that same division was on display...
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in the face of all of that criticism, akin still told radio talk show host, michelle bachmann, he's in >> and in my case, i believe as i took a look at this race, that what we're doing here is standing on a principle, about what america is. i believe that this is the right thing for me to do, and that i will be able to add to the message that's being neglected in some circles by the republican party. >> ifill: the party was trying to sideline akin at the same time as delegates in florida were voting today to include strong anti-abortion language in the party platform to be presented in tampa next week. the language reads, "we uphold the sanctity of human life and the unborne child has the fundamental right to life which cannot be infringed. there are no exceptions included for rape or incest. the party nominee, mitt romney, like john mccain did in 2008 support such exceptions. party chairman, pribus told msnbc today it's fine for romney to disagree with a party document. >> as far as our platform is concerned, i mean, this is the platform of the republican party. it's not the platform
in the face of all of that criticism, akin still told radio talk show host, michelle bachmann, he's in >> and in my case, i believe as i took a look at this race, that what we're doing here is standing on a principle, about what america is. i believe that this is the right thing for me to do, and that i will be able to add to the message that's being neglected in some circles by the republican party. >> ifill: the party was trying to sideline akin at the same time as delegates in...
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i do not se a way for me and michele bachmann to work things out. we have very fundamental differences. and the problem is now... because john boehner has made tentative efforts to work things out. but he gets pall pulled back by his caucus because the republicans in the house, laugh tea party people and the other half are afraid of losing a primary to tea party people so until elections change the personnel i don't see much happening. >> rose: but the president of the united states did not offer full support to erskine bowles and alan simpson, the simpson bowles recommendations, did he? >> no, neither didi. i supported some of them but whether they did or didn't they would not have worked because if u look at the congressional members, they weren'tupportive of it. the president is not able to... in fact, i think the president finally understands that. my one criticism... i think obama's done a great job and has had polies that have made things better. i think he overestimated at first his ability to work with the republican party. i think he undere
i do not se a way for me and michele bachmann to work things out. we have very fundamental differences. and the problem is now... because john boehner has made tentative efforts to work things out. but he gets pall pulled back by his caucus because the republicans in the house, laugh tea party people and the other half are afraid of losing a primary to tea party people so until elections change the personnel i don't see much happening. >> rose: but the president of the united states did...
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you have the michele will bachmann and other was don't take the debt ceiling as seriously. mark, she's become a darling in iowa. we are watching her numbers, she's running for president. the congresswoman from minnesota. does that say that there is more support out there among republicans for this view that debts matter and that you know, whatever, the ratings agencies, and the federal reserve board chairman says really can be ignored. >> and the business community. >> and the financial community. >> i mean you can say at one level you got to admire the republicans in the house because they are indifferent to the economic interests of their party that have expressed themselves but micheleback mann is fascinating. i think what this shows is her appeal in iowa among iowa republicans by her all-out unequivocal opposition to is rag the debt ceiling. but also shows her feeling as a potential presidential candidate. i think it will help her in the poll in iowa which is in early august. but i think, judy, it really cripples her as a general election candidate because it is a level
you have the michele will bachmann and other was don't take the debt ceiling as seriously. mark, she's become a darling in iowa. we are watching her numbers, she's running for president. the congresswoman from minnesota. does that say that there is more support out there among republicans for this view that debts matter and that you know, whatever, the ratings agencies, and the federal reserve board chairman says really can be ignored. >> and the business community. >> and the...
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. >> and michele bachmann. >> sarah palin. we reached the debt limit, and the gang of six is now a gang of five. >> the worst thing you do is bang your head against the wall until you break your head. >> that is republican senator tom coburn of oklahoma, who has pulled out ofhe gang of six and it frustration. senators from both parties have been trying to find common ground on the debt reduction plan. what is the back story on this, mark? >> gangs don't work. the gang of 14 agreed not to vote against any judicial nominees except the most extreme cases, posted an broken again this week. the pressures are enormous. the pressure in the democratic side with the special house race next tuesday in new york, where medicare could be the issue that allows democrats to win a seat that has been republican since the cooling of the earth -- [laughter] you not going to find many democrats saying "let's compromise on medicare." republicans, grover norquist, the anti-tax forces on the right, but a lot of pressure on tom coburn, who had been p
. >> and michele bachmann. >> sarah palin. we reached the debt limit, and the gang of six is now a gang of five. >> the worst thing you do is bang your head against the wall until you break your head. >> that is republican senator tom coburn of oklahoma, who has pulled out ofhe gang of six and it frustration. senators from both parties have been trying to find common ground on the debt reduction plan. what is the back story on this, mark? >> gangs don't work. the...
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don't forget, as well, we had the boom for donald trump and 4 michele bachmann. republican voters have shown -- first week, the punditocracy dismissed him as a clown. that is not the primary voter -- the very fact that he was -- "newshour" colleague david brooks says he could be the next president. do you agree? >> absolutely. it could be a fluke, but i think it is deeper than that. brooks is right in his column, that he has a simple message. small government, i made it work, i created jobs. it is what power at the republicans to their astonishing success in 2010. paul ryan without the numbers and the nuance. if he keeps it simple, i think that could be a winning message in the primary and even in the general election. >> we mentioned jon huntsman earlier. he is trying to separate himself from the rest of the pact. how does he win the primaries? >> he doesn't. simple, he is not the person who is going to be the nominee of the republican party. he has to understand that at some point and get out of the way. i looked at rick perry's first week i thought there was w
don't forget, as well, we had the boom for donald trump and 4 michele bachmann. republican voters have shown -- first week, the punditocracy dismissed him as a clown. that is not the primary voter -- the very fact that he was -- "newshour" colleague david brooks says he could be the next president. do you agree? >> absolutely. it could be a fluke, but i think it is deeper than that. brooks is right in his column, that he has a simple message. small government, i made it work, i...